Category Archives: Lectures

Iain Provan, ‘In Defence of Protestant Hermeneutics’ (and responses, including mine)

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

I am one of the speakers responding to Iain Provan (who has just written this book) in this Davenant Institute event on Protestant hermeneutics.

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Podcast: Virtue in a Virtual Society

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

Last weekend, I delivered a lecture at the English L’Abri, in which I explored the formation of selfhood and virtue in an age of social media. You can listen to it here:

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WordMP3 Interview

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

A brief interview with me has just been posted over on WordMP3 (a site you really must make use of, if you are not already aware of it). They also have the audio lectures from my recent Theopolis course available … Continue reading →

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Video: A Biblical Theology of Circumcision

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

I just noticed the following video was posted a over a week ago, over on the Theopolis Institute’s YouTube channel. Within it, I give a very basic introduction to the theology of circumcision.

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From Gutenberg to YouVersion: The Word of God and the Technology of the Word

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

My recent Davenant Institute lecture on the subject of the significance of textual technologies for our engagement with Scripture has just been posted on Youtube: I recently enjoyed watching Dr. Christopher Schlect’s highly informative and stimulating lecture in the same … Continue reading →

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Two Recent Talks

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Alastair Roberts

Video from two recent lectures of mine has just been posted on Facebook. From Gutenberg to YouVersion: The Word of God and the Technology of the Word Exodus as New Birth

Posted in Bible, Church History, Culture, Exodus, Hermeneutics, John, Lectures, Luke, Matthew, NT, NT Theology, OT, OT Theology, Scripture, Theological, Video | 1 Comment

The Future of Protestantism

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Alastair Roberts

  Last year, Peter Leithart wrote a provocative piece entitled ‘The End of Protestantism‘, which provoked considerable discussion in many quarters. A couple of evenings ago, the Torrey Honors Institute, First Things, and the Davenant Trust collaborated to arrange a debate between … Continue reading →

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N.T. Wright Lecture: Can a Scientist Believe in the Resurrection?

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

The following are my notes from a lecture delivered this evening, 20th December, by N.T. Wright in the University of St. Andrews. The following provides a general idea of what the good bishop said, but should not be depended upon … Continue reading →

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Links

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

Links from the last few days: *** According to Dr Scaer, the most common way people join the Church is that someone invited them. Guess what? If church sucks, people don’t invite others. They don’t think “Man, my friends have … Continue reading →

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Links

Posted on April 6, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

Believe it or not, I really meant it when I said (about a month and a half ago now) that I had no intention of reducing my input on this blog to that of posting long lists of links. I … Continue reading →

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